It came to my attention that if you acquire the ShadowMantle before getting Chapter 3's egg, the TripTicket can be alternatively found after playing through the 1225 Easter egg in the gacha machine. This connects Dess to ForgottenMan and the ShadowMantle; I was wondering if any of you had theories as to why? As for the ShadowMantle my personal bet is it's more evidence towards Dess being the knight, but as far as being connected to ForgottenMan I have no clue... any ideas?
Another proof for my Demiurge theory, aka Friend and the Forgotten Man being snaky cats who work with each other. Does the Man give you a tripticket if you didn't take the ShadowMantle, but beat ERAM?